What can Cheptegai run in the 1500 and 3000

erico123 wrote:

Cheptegei got 7.33 in a hard 3000m at bislett last year. Ofc he is better now, but 14 seconds is alot. ..?

14 second ? How much did he just knock off his 5000m PB?

He ran 12:51 on the roads so 16 seconds. Not a speed runner so I would estimate 9 seconds reduction in the 3000. =7:24

Don't see Cheptegei being much better at the 3k than prime Bekele... the question is how fast could have Bekele have gone. I think if he runs it off his current 5K fitness 7:23 - 7:25 would be likely with good pacing. If he prepared for the distance he would get closer but still don't think he could break the WR

newrunner3 wrote:

Don't see Cheptegei being much better at the 3k than prime Bekele... the question is how fast could have Bekele have gone. I think if he runs it off his current 5K fitness 7:23 - 7:25 would be likely with good pacing. If he prepared for the distance he would get closer but still don't think he could break the WR

Well he is already 2s faster than Bekele over 5000m. I don't struggle too much with him be faster over 3k especially now that we have perfect pacing technology. Eventually all of our heros times get exceeded and go from blistering fast to somewhat common place.

The big wild card to me is if the diamond league really drops the 5000m. That could result in a lot more attempts if Cheptegei thinks he can be competive.

sorry to burst bubble wrote:

He ran 12:51 on the roads so 16 seconds. Not a speed runner so I would estimate 9 seconds reduction in the 3000. =7:24

Back when he ran 7:33 on the track his pb was 12:59 a few months later on the track he ran 12:57, those times are from 2019, his 12:51 is from 2020. He improved 24 secs in the 5k after his 3000 of 7:33 which was likely not his potential even then. He will run 7:19.

7:22 // 3'30

Don’t be dummy guys...

Bekele never trained for 1500m and I believe his 3:31 came at the end of the very long tiring season where he was always running incredibly fast 5000’s.

With proper training Bekele could have run at least 3:28 for sure.

Not far from great El G, but I believe El G was probably good for 3:24 for sure.

You should take your own advice.

Bekele never came close to 3:31 and no matter what training he did he was never going to run 3:28. Gettoutahere. He tried so hard many times but really could never go faster than mid 3:32. He may be good competition for Engels in this most prestigious distance event.

Everyone wants to run as fast as possible in the 1500/mile. If he knew he could he would only focus on it. Just like he could never hope to run sub 1:47 in the 800.

You could just as easily say Jakob never trained for the 3000 and only had one attempt. If he did he would go 7:16 for sure.

abcrunning wrote:

Don’t be dummy guys...

Bekele never trained for 1500m and I believe his 3:31 came at the end of the very long tiring season where he was always running incredibly fast 5000’s.

With proper training Bekele could have run at least 3:28 for sure.

Not far from great El G, but I believe El G was probably good for 3:24 for sure.

and farah could have run 3:27 according to some. not like he had specific 1500 training either. He ran a 3:28 as he was peaking for a world 5k/10k double, and right in between a pair of mid 59 halfs.

Exactly this kind of craziness. If Farah thought he could run 3:27 and win gold in the 1500 then he would surely have gone for it. But no, he cannot.

Your 3000 guess isn't far off, but your 1500 is insanely far off. His 5k world record converts to a 7:18 mid and a 3:27 high. He's capable of a 3:45.00 full mile right now.

Farah was also doping like hell though

And his 12:35 likely converts to a 1:41 800, and a 43.87 400. Can't wait to watch all those gold medal winners in those two events wilt as Chepty flies by them even doing a cartwheel just before the finish line since he was so far ahead.

Really, if he wanted to he could train for a 400 hurdles race and most likely get the WR there beating Warholm by at least .5 seconds. Then he could jump on a bike and win the TDF.

He would get competition from Vetter Though. 97.76 converts to 45.68 in the 400m hurdles. Duplantis and Kipchoge would be hard aswell. Warholms 46.87 only converts to 7.22, so he would barely beat Jakob in the event